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‘I had Clive Palmer do the … ads’: Trump lieutenant’s Australian election claim revealed in Epstein files

Trump ally Steve Bannon told paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 he had influenced an omnipresent election advertising campaign by the mining billionaire.

  • Rob Harris

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Clive Palmer after the election campaign launch of his Trumpet of Patriots party in April.

Clive Palmer’s political parties hacked in major breach

The organisation fears the ransomware attack has led to the theft of its emails, documents, and electronic records, threatening the personal data of all those who have been in contact with it.

  • Nick Newling
Clive Palmer stands before the insignia for his new party on Wednesday.

Clive Palmer, patriot parrot in search of a refuge, blows his trumpet

Clive Palmer, having misplaced his old party’s name, urgently needed a new one for his latest adventure in politics. And so, Trumpet of Patriots is born.

  • Tony Wright
Palmer was charged over alleged fraud and breaches of his duties as director of his company, Palmer Leisure Coolum.

Why Clive Palmer bets you can’t tell black from white. Or yellow from teal

Trying to trademark the word “teal” is just the latest effort by the home-grown billionaire to troll Australia.

  • Jenna Price
Senators Lidia Thorpe and Ralph Babet.

Babet pulls down homophobic, racist post after Senate censure

Fellow crossbench senator Lidia Thorpe was also formally condemned on Monday for protesting King Charles’ visit to parliament last month.

  • Olivia Ireland
Senator Ralph Babet (left) with Nathan Bull.

Senator distances himself from neo-Nazi’s social media post

Victorian senator Ralph Babet says he does not know a neo-Nazi who posted a photo in which the man appeared to give the Nazi salute while posing with the politician.

  • Kieran Rooney and Patrick Begley
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Protests against “reckless renewables” outside Parliament House in Canberra.

‘You’re gonna eat bugs’: Climate fears and conspiracies at Canberra renewables protest

A crowd gathered on the lawn of Parliament House on Tuesday this week to protest the government’s plan to implement “reckless renewables”.

  • Nick O'Malley
Lee Jones, Family First; Kaushaliya Vaghela, New Democrats; Chris Burson, Angry Victorians Party; and Geoff Shaw, United Australia Party.

Who are the minor parties in Victoria’s upper house election?

Here is a short guide to the record number of minor parties which could influence Victoria’s legislative agenda after this election.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Clive Palmer, Geoff Shaw and Senator Ralph Babet at the UAP announcement on Wednesday.

Palmer set to spend small on election, names Shaw as UAP state leader

United Australia Party chairman Clive Palmer says Victoria’s political donation laws ‘have rigged things’ and he intends to make a donation of just over $4000 for the party’s state campaign.

  • Jackson Graham
Former Frankston MP Geoff Shaw is hoping for a political comeback in next month’s state election

Geoff Shaw on comeback trail, with UAP expected to name him as candidate

Controversial former Liberal MP Geoff Shaw, who was suspended from the Victorian parliament, will attempt to make a political comeback at next month’s state election.

  • Annika Smethurst